Classification Division I Teams 7 | Season 1985–86 | |
Site Lawlor Events Center
Reno, NV Champions Montana State (1st title) Winning coach Stu Starner (1st title) | ||
The 1986 Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held March 6–9 at the Lawlor Events Center in Reno, Nevada.
Fifth-seeded Montana State upset second-seeded rivals Montana in the championship game, 82–77, to clinch their first Big Sky men's basketball tournament.
The Bobcats, in turn, received an automatic bid to the 1986 NCAA Tournament. No other Big Sky members were invited to the tournament.
Format
Idaho State did not participate in this year's tournament, reducing the field to seven teams. With teams seeded based on regular-season conference records, the top-seeded team received a bye into the semifinal round while the remaining six teams were paired up in the preliminary quarterfinals.
References
1986 Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Tournament Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA